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Jan 15, '09 : Musical journey

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It's amazing how music can bring back memories. I was thinking about this - and by now you already know that I always have to say where I was when I was thinking something, which, I'm thinking as I sit at my desk looking at the Bobby Orr photo must be because thinking per se is such an usual activity for my brain that I have to geotag it - as I was walking up the hill from the gym last night, listening to a tune.

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Jan 08, '09 : Helsinki

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If I had my wife here, and my adorable kids, my parents, my in-laws, my buddies, a guy who's selling handing out free hot dogs, a pack of new sticks, and pucks, and a vintage Karhu-Kissat sweater, and another guy who's handing out drinks, if Kirk McLean was here to stop try to stop my shots, and Wayne Gretzky to feed those passes to my tape, and if my VacuTacks were brand new, this would have been perfect.

But a skating rink in downtown Helsinki, with the sun shining, and temperature just perfectly freezing, is pretty good as it is.

That's Aleksis Kivi, Finnish national author, sitting in front of the National Theatre.


Jan 06, '09 : "Lookin' at me?"

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Here's something to think about:
"Nine-in-ten American adults say most of their fellow Americans are overweight. But just seven-in-ten say this about "the people they know." And just under four-in-ten (39%) say they themselves are overweight."
And I bet ten-in-ten say they could get rid of the extra weight if "they wanted to".

Jan 04, '09 : Points of contact

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I'm trying to find a photo of a gadget. I think I'll send my email to "General Enqueries", cc to "All Other issues."

State of confusion


Wait. I'm confused again.